In The Day of the Jackal, the Jackal uses some technique to kill people silently without any struggle: He kills complacent Colette de Montpellier just by kissing and gently holding her for several seconds: she passes out and never wakes up; He kills Jules Bernard (a gay man picked up at a Turkis...

In Donnie Brasco (1997), Lefty asks Donnie about 90 foot boat for Santo Trafficante: Donnie: No, I'm working on it. Lefty: Don't tell me no. You got to get that boat. I reached out already. His man says, "Lefty, he loves boats. " I told him a 100-foot boat. I'm on the clothesline now. What does "...

Near the start of The Matrix (1999), Thomas Anderson (a.k.a 'Neo'), sells computer disc (possibly a Sony Minidisk) for $2000 to a group of people who arrive, late, at his door. Anderson indicates that the disc can get them into a great deal of trouble and they they should under no circumstances r...

In the TV show Hannibal, an obsolete star observation station is used on multiple occasions to advance the plot: A female FBI trainee severed hand holding a cell phone is found at this station Dr. Chilton is captured and has his organs surgically taken out at this station by Dr. Gillan Katz's bo...

I remember watching a war movie 10 to 20 years ago, when I was a still teenager, with some noteworthy scenes. I would like to watch it again. However, I am not able to recall its name and I only remember a few scenes. The movie seemed to be about a war that happened between the Napoleonic Wars an...

Two female friends. One of whom is married. The married one is looking for a boy for the other. But the married one somehow dies of some illness and the best friend eventually marries her widower husband